Cap d'Agde: on the harbor master's side, the fuel pumps are replaced

Depuis le début de la semaine, les techniciens procèdent au remplacement des pompes. MIDI LIBRE – OLIVIER RAYNAUD

A specialized company is operating this week near the harbor master’s office.

S’There is a stop that fishermen and boaters know well, it’s that of the gas pumps, backed by the captaincy of Cap d’Agde. Here again, the time has come for the modernization of this equipment which has suffered from the effect of sea spray, to say the least.

Corrosion, the enemy of fuel pumps

During dismantling on Tuesday morning, the company responsible for the operation was able to note the advanced state of corrosion of several pumps, some of which had been there for more than fifteen years . In other words, an eternity in the marine environment, which did not escape the port services, who therefore ordered the replacement of equipment whose proper functioning is absolutely not a detail, as the Boat traffic is intense in the summer period. As for the price of fuel, it is quite simply identical (except for professionals) to that found in traditional service stations.